Highlights and interviews from the Simms Tigers-Cascade Badgers football game at Simms Aug. 24
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BUTTE – Senior Noah Ambuehl had his hands in five touchdowns to guide the Great Falls Central Mustangs to a 46-0 blowout over Twin Bridges in the season opener for both teams Friday night at Bob Green Field on the campus of Montana Tech..

The 6-3 senior threw for three scores and ran for two more, finishing the night 13-for-19 for 201 yards in the air.

Ethan Vincent had all three scoring receptions for the Mustangs.

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CENTERVILLE 68, ROCKY BOY 0

At Rocky Boy, quarterback Carson McGinness ran for two scores and passed for another as the Miners hammered the Northern Stars.

BILLINGS SENIOR 27, KALISPEL GLACIER 26

At Daylis Stadium, Matt Plasterer found Oren Nash-Bergen on a 31-yard pass play in the final minute to boost the defending Class AA champs to their 27th consecutive win.

Junior Bergen also scored twice, on a reception and a 50-yard run. The winning streak for the Broncs is the second-longest in Montana Class AA history. Helena Capital won 33 games in a row between 2007-09.

KALISPELL FLATHEAD 42, BUTTE HIGH 21

Also at Butte, the Braves' scoring was highlighted by a pair of screen passes from Jaden Macneil to Blake Counts.

Macneil also scrambled 33 yards for another score.

MISSOULA SENTINEL 52, BILLINGS SKYVIEW 7

At Missoula County Stadium, Elias Dewaters ran for two scores and caught a pass for another, all in the second quarter of the Spartans' blowout.

Sentinel's Brendan Hill picked off three Skyview pass attampts, all leading to scores.

BOZEMAN 49, MISSOULA HELLGATE 6

At Van Winkle Stadium in Bozeman, Kris Brown threw for four touchdowns and rushed for a fifth in the Hawks' season opening rumble past the Knights.

Ryan Longeran and Ryan Simpson each caught a pair of scoring pass play, while while Joe Olson returned the second-half kickoff 90 yards to paydirt.

BELGRADE 31, SIDNEY 7

In Belgrade, Ethan Major had tochdown runs of 64 and 34 yards as the Panthers were in control from start to finish.

Easton Page had a six-yard scoring reception, and returned a punt 60 yards to the house.

HAMILTON 36, WHITEFISH 10

At Whitefish, Carson Rostad threw four TD passes, including two to Tyler Barnes, as the Broncs knocked off the Bulldogs.

Poor air quality caused by smoke from the many fires burning in the Western U.S. and Canada caused postponement of Friday night’s Cut Bank-Eureka contest in Eureka. The game was moved to Cut Bank for Saturday night play.

SHEPHERD 14, MALTA 2

At Shepherd, Reece Kelly started things with a rushing tally, while Jayden Johnson hauled in a 14-yard toss, covering all the points Shepherd would need to get past the Malta Mustangs.

MISSOULA LOYOLA 33, HUNTLEY PROJECT 25

At Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, Cooper Waters caught two scoring tosses and ran back a kickofff for a touchdown as well.

JOLIET 48, BELT 12

At Remington Field in Belt, Rylan Olson ran for three scores and Wyatt Anderson added a pair of rushing tallies as the J-Hawks mauled the Huskies.

HARLOWTON 42, HAYS-LODGEPOLE 0

Joe Begger ran for one touchdown, threw for another, then caught a scoring pass and earned a safety in the Engineers' walkover win over the Thunderbirds.

Begger's scoring throw was a 15-yard play to Ryan Finley.

CHESTER-JOPLIN-INVERNESS 28, ABSAROKEE 14

In Chester, Spencer Richter rushed for three touchdowns, all in the second half as the Hi-Line Hawks rebounded from an 8-0 deficit to defeat the Absarokee Huskies in a nonleague tilt.

POWER-DUTTON-BRADY 33, VALIER 6

At Power, Jackson Widhalm had monster runs of 43, 63 and 76 yards to lead the Titans past Valier, spoiling Ross Drishinski’s debut as head coach of the Panthers.

Peyton Hill added a touchdown catch and an interception return for the Titans.

NOXON 70, LINCOLN 0

In Noxon, Levi Brubaker scored three times while Edison and Kade Van Vleet tacked on two scores each for the Red Devils as they rolled past the Lynx.

Noxon led 30-0 after 10 minutes, and 43-0 at the half.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

NORTH STAR 44, HEART BUTTE 7

Juniors Bailey Spicher, Caden Rettig and Daniel Nerat led the Knights past the Warriors in the Northern Six-Man opener for both teams at Rudyard.

GRASS RANGE-WINNETT 38, DENTON-GEYSER-STANFORD 0

In Geyser, Jacob Jessen, Caden McCarthy and Caleb Hess each scored a pair of touchdowns to pace the Rangers past the Bearcats.

ROY-WINIFRED 31, SHIELDS VALLEY 21

Ryan Russell hauled in four scoring pass plays from QB Tyler Fordyce as the Outlaws outran the Rebels.

WIBAUX 40, GERALDINE-HIGHWOOD 38

Laim Laws and Bryce Bergenheiser each scored twice for the Rivals, but they fell short after the Longhorns' Tel Lunde hit Cade Dschaak with a 16-yard toss for the game-winner.

SHELBY 48, CHINOOK 6

In Chinook, Wyatt Brusven rushed for two touchdowns and kicked a 40-yard field goal at the end of the first half as the Coyotes collected their first half as a Class C Eight-Man entity by thumping the Sugarbeeters.